The Warriors were given dormancy status by the North American Hockey League last month. According to Cain, they will play the 2012-2013 season. The NAHL office of communications said it hasn’t been informed of any agreement or decision by the Warriors, but Cain said the deal will be finalized within the next few days.

“It’s an exciting time for everybody,” Cain said. “We have a deal that we’re still getting finalized on paper, but yes, we have an agreement.”

Teams have to confirm their intentions for next season with the league office by no later than March 15.

Under the new deal, current team owner Pat McEachern will remain the primary owner of the Warriors while Firland Management will take over most of the administrative and management operations.

“This allows the Warriors to keep doing what they do best, which is using their operating skills to develop young players and produce a good product on the ice and we can apply our administrative and marketing skills,” said Cain, adding “the biggest and really only immediate change is that Firland Management will take on the administrative operations of the team. (Junior hockey) is something we’re excited about and something we’ve done before.”

At the forefront of issues for the Warriors has been attendance. Some reports have the Warriors average in-arena attendance between 400-500 per game while others have it around 660 fans per game. Either way, with their new commitment to Flint, the team will be hoping to drive up attendance numbers for next season.

Messages left for McEachern and coach and general manager Moe Mantha were not immediately returned.